3w ago

I'm sure the liberals have a great explanation

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Something you may not know is the origin of the word fascist.
The fasci siciliani were peasants and farmers seeking basic rights and reforms before 1900. Fasci refered to the fact that a single straw is weak, but a bundle was strong.
The term was later ressurected in a nostalgic sense to make the new rising popularists look like men of the people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasci_Siciliani
- but you haven't actually explained anything
I don't know, but I'm certainly not sure that the Italian liberal-national party was liberal any more than the German national socialist party was socialist.
- from what I can find on Wikipedia under the section "the brief party" they sound exactly like the Democrats of today. but it's an uncited section so I don't even have any further reading.